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I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be.

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Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record.

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Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he's treated.

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For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything. Baseball was meant for the lily-white.

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Jackie was speaking at a drugstore, and I said, 'I'm not going to get this opportunity again, so I better take my chances and listen to Jackie Robinson now.' Little did I know, I got front row seats, and next to me was my father.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: February 5th, 1934

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